Clinical Specialty Coordinator Pediatric Diabetes Center

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The Clinical Specialty Coordinator is a Registered Nurse (RN) who coordinates and oversees a program specific in a defined specialty population. The Clinical Specialty Coordinator works across the continuum to develop, implement, and support quality improvement efforts that improve outcomes for the specialty practice. Areas of focus include program development, standardization of practice and documentation, communication, sharing of information, hand-offs, transitions, advocacy, patient and family guidance, education, resources, and specialty specific expertise. The Clinical Specialty Coordinator provides guidance and support to staff in the management, provision and coordination of care in their area of expertise.

The certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES) delivers comprehensive and seamless services that bridge the gap and integrate clinical and self-management aspects of diabetes and cardiometabolic care. The CDCES is an integral part of the interprofessional team and provides collaborative, comprehensive and person-centered care, and education conducive to behavior change and improved quality of life. The CDCES supports and advocates for people affected by diabetes to optimize quality care. The CDCES promotes self-management to achieve individualized behavioral and treatment goals that reduce risks and optimize health outcomes.

Department Name: COS Pediatric Diabetes Center
Job Status: 28 hours/week
Shift: Clinic hours M-F 0730-5. Need based on clinic volume

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Experience: Four years of nursing experience

Certification(s):

• BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire.
• Achievement and maintenance of certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES).
  • In lieu of a CDCES, a plan to obtain certification will need to be in place with the team member's direct leader within 6 months of hire with the expectation that the certification exam will be taken once all accrediting body eligibility requirements are met
• Successful completion of required internal training within six (6) months of hire or transition into role

Licensure(s): Registered Nurse (RN) OR Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) licensure in the state of Colorado is required.

Professional Membership(s): Active membership in a professional nursing or healthcare organization is required.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• Neonate - <30 days
• Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
• Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
• Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
• School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
• Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
• Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Coordinates program specific care by:
• assessing patient/family needs while obtaining treatment in specific program
• establishing and implementing program specific Care Plan in partnership with the patient/family and multi-disciplinary team to proactively support the patient/family
• connecting families back to primary care provider and Clinical Care Coordinator, if applicable
• documenting within the standardized tools and maintaining the Care Plan
• evaluating patient/family needs and outcomes to continuously update the Care Plan
• tracking care coordination interventions and outcomes.
• Develops and maintains data system to track patients, interventions, and outcomes within the specialty.
• Supports staff in standardized practice and documentation, and stream-lining data tracking and reports.
• Participates in the development and revision of policies and procedures and quality improvement and research projects impacting the care for the specialty group.
• Builds relationships with other like pediatric programs to collaborate and share data that has benefits to the larger pediatric specialties across the region and nationally.
• Maintains all program specific national standards and requirements of accrediting organizations including collection and reporting of data to appropriate national registries and databases.
• Develops and delivers presentations and other materials for use during program-related events and meetings.
• Provides education to the healthcare team on the management of specific patient needs.
• Utilizes multiple forms of communication to collaborate with patients, families, and other care team members across the continuum of care as well as with quality improvement and research activities, impacting care in designated program.
• Participates in an internal learning community and professional governance committees focused on care coordination or population health.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

• Guidelines: Full performance professional level work that requires additional knowledge, education, training or experience.
• Complexity: Duties performed involve concepts, theories, and concrete factors to be evaluated and weighed requiring a high degree of analytical ability, independent judgment, and decision-making. Acts as a subject matter expert in the field of expertise.
• Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.
• Communications: Contacts are of a remedial nature involving the resolution of problems and where some degree of discretion and judgment are required in carrying out a major program and/or function of the organization.
• Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Work assignment is generally unstructured and employee is responsible for organizing complex, varied, and simultaneous coordination of several functions, programs, or projects in various stages of completion.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

• Body Movement: Will frequently stand/walk up to 12 hours per day.
• Body Movement: Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.
• Body Movement: Will frequently sit up to 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.
• Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying): Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 35 pounds.
• Vision: Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.
• Hearing: Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.
• Others: Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient: In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.

Work Environment

• Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.